>: Hungry in New York

Ive been in the big apple for about 3 weeks now and im still being facinated at every turn. Its an amazing city to say the least and I'd be lying if i said that it hasn't started working its magic (good or bad) on me. I think i began to change the minute I got of the supper shuttle from la guardia, it in the air you breath here, New York seeps into your skin, through your pores, its an inevitably. You cant escape it by running away.

The only way to get away (if you wish to), is to take it all in, let it seep in then, work your way through the haze of you 'big city life high' and convince your self that the bright lichts and colors are just but an illusion, the city is a mistress you can only escape by conquering. I dont know what i think of new york, i think, like any other place it has its good and bad effects.Onething that really got me from the get-go was how much it reminds me of Nairobi.

See to me new york is not so much a city as it is a culture, a way of living, a sort of zeitgeist, a spirit, a mood, a state of being. From thelittle observing that i have doe so far, i feel you can 'be new york' in LA, you can 'be new york' in dallas, or florida, yes even Arlinnton Texas. Its just that the big city 'defaults' one to 'being new york' and so its easier here to be that way where as in Arlington it takes a pretty serious consious effort to 'be new york'.

But anyway, if your wondering  why  NYC reminds me  of  NAI, its coz you walk down some streets and its like walking down that road for odeon cinema, guys are on the hustle mbaya mbovu! as in this is the first time since i left kenya that i have seen jamaz selling bootleg dvds layed out on black polithin bags on the side walks, selling used books, wooden girraffs and other trinkets out of carts. little shops with the same set of merchendise populate whole streets, its like de ja vue avenue half the time around here. its pretty amazing, and this is in the financial district by the way, bartly a block away from the famous wall street (speaking of witch i went and saw and touched the wall street bull, the ultimate simble of capitalism, dont know whether to kiss it or burn it...), guys wana hastle 24-7-365 bana and it aint no joke.

oh and its irreverently expensive here, im yet to eat a meal that i can say i really enjoyed here, (i must admit they have some excelent pizza though). im not going to speak about how expensive it is here coz it will spoil my mood, but just know that it is.

Jersey city seems so laid back, so chilled, so slow, so... country when your coming straingt out of the city, its strange coz its a whole lot more alive and vibrant than the sity where i live but now i look at it and im like, who slowed down the planet!? weird... im taking it in though, working on concuring it, once i get a back balance of some kind i ill purchase a mini wall street bull to remind me of what i have to conquor to achieve my dreams for my country (Kenya) and my continent (Africa). Mine is a battle fought in my opponents camp, while studying his training equpment, observing his training teqnic and stealling his secret tactics, using them for the benefit of those that are withme in the struggle to elevate richest continent on the planet to its rightfull position.

Aluta continua!